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Mortimer: Five game ban for racist abuse not enough

Paul Mortimer, the former Charlton and Aston Villa midfielder, joins H & J to discuss the recent reports that players found guilty of using racist language are set to incur a minimum five-match ban under new proposals to tackle discrimination in football.

It comes after criticism over the length of John Terry's suspension after he was found guilty by a Football Association commission in September of racially abusing QPR defender Anton Ferdinand during a Premier League match but was banned for just four games.

"Five games is not enough," Mortimer said. "The punishments have to be sufficient. It has to be seen that it is being taken seriously."